1994 PCA Candidates Matches

CYCLE 1 and only: 8-Man Knockout
When Gary Kasparov and Nigel Short walked out of FIDE with the world title in 1993, they formed the PCA, or Professional Chess Association, to administer the title. They formed a system similar to the one that FIDE had used from 1965 to 1983. An Interzonal was held in Groningen, in which 8 qualifiers played in a 3 round series of knockout matches, with the winner challenging Kasparov for the World Title in 1996.

The PCA folded after this inaugural cycle, leading Kasparov to take the World Title elsewhere, after successfully defending it against the Candidates Winner, Anand.

(Black background indicates black in the first game) 

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Anand       ½11½½½1  5
Romanishin  ½00½½½0  2
    
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Adams       1100½10½ ½½ ½½ ½1  7½
Tiviakov    0011½01½ ½½ ½½ ½0  6½
    
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Kamsky      11½½½1  4½
Kramnik     00½½½0  1½
    
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Short       ½01½½½½½ ½½ 1½  6½
Gulko       ½10½½½½½ ½½ 0½  5½
    
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Anand   111½1½½  5½
Adams   000½0½½  1½
    
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Kamsky  111011½  5½
Short   000100½  1½
    
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Anand   0½1½½½½½1½1  6½
Kamsky  1½0½½½½½0½0  4½

THE PLAYERS

# Player Country Status
1 Viswanathan Anand Indiawitzerland Qualified from Interzonal
2 Gata Kamsky USA Qualified from Interzonal
3 Michael Adams United Kingdom Qualified from Interzonal
4 Nigel Short United Kingdom Qualified from Interzonal
5 Tiviakov Qualified from Interzonal
6 Boris Gulko USA Qualified from Interzonal
7 Oleg Romanishin Russia Qualified from Interzonal
8 Vladimir Kramnik Russia Qualified from Interzonal

THE QUARTERFINALS (Best of 8)

1994 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Anand ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5
Romanishin ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 2

1994 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Adams 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½
Tiviakov 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 6½

1994 1 2 3 4 5 6
Kamsky 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½
Kramnik 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1½

1994 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Short ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
1 ½
6½
Gulko ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 5½

THE SEMI-FINALS (Best of 10)

1994 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Anand 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½
Adams 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1½

1994 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Kamsky 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 5½
Short 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1½

THE FINALS (Best of 12)

1994 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Anand 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½
Kamsky 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 4½

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